and I've got those 360 degree views all
the way around. Great day of
landscape photography
hello here we are again on another
landscape photography mission. Today's
plan is to head out quite far up north
from where i am now to Hadrian's Wall
and it's a place I've been meaning to go
to for quite a while now but it's just
sort of place I feel needed to be
visited when the weather was good. So the
forecast for today is
looking pretty nice so I'm going to get
out get up there and hopefully capture
some nice images and a nice sunset at
the end of the day with some that golden
light on that wall so I've got a fair
journey ahead of me so let's go
So I have arrived and I'm set up already
just capturing a quick time lapse. It's
still very early in the day the Sun is
high in the sky so it's not perfect
photography conditions. It is very very
windy though I had though upgraded my
sound system today so hopefully the wind
won't be as much of a noise as it has
been in the past. I'm gonna capture this
time lapse then I'm going to go and have
a little explore. I'm not too familiar with
the area and I want to find a nice
composition for that sunset time so I'm
going to take a couple of hours just to
have a walk have a little explore around
and find those killer compositions for
later in the day
This is Hadrian's Wall built by the
Romans and it is absolutely fantastic
it's a must-see place a World Heritage
Site that you have to come see like I said
I'm going to enjoy a nice walk it is
beautiful. I'm gonna have a good look around and that
hopefully when the wind dies down later
and the sun is nice and low in the sky
start getting some really nice shots
definitely definitely going to be some
photo opportunities around here.
Right do you recognise this tree here
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rather than your equal. You know for an
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that's right it is the tree of Robin
Hood Prince of Thieves, an absolutely
classic film and it's the bit where they
just arrived back in England and they go
from the White Cliffs of Dover to this
tree here in Northumberland in the blink
of an eye I have got the camera set up
for a shot it's a very very clichéd
shot. It's been shot a lot so it's
nothing it's not going to anything
particularly original which is why I'm
not actually that bothered that I'm
still right in the middle of the day it
isn't perfect photography or landscape
photography conditions at all however I
am going to make the best of it there's
nothing wrong with shooting cliche shots
like this I really don't think there is
because if you are professional are you
selling prints these shots sell, they
just do so it's good to have them in
your portfolio so that's what I'm going
for today but it's not the perfect time
like I said so what I have done is I
have put the 10 stop and the 6 stop ND
filter on the front of the lens to get
16 stops of exposure reduction, what
that is allowing me to do is to go
for a very long exposure just to try and
introduce some interest and start to
bring in a fine art feel to the image
the exposure will be about five and a
half minutes so it's very very long and
i'm at F/8 just because i have my
foreground interest is a bit of a
distance away and that works for my
exposure time in the bulb mode so i
should get some really nice movement in
the clouds and that will be very very
smooth and then i'll have those hills
leading me in either side, and then a bit of
the rock too, just behind me leading me
into the shot as well so it should end
up quite an interesting shot I may
experiment with a bit of black and white
or a de-saturated colour again just
increase the interest and try and make
it better than everybody else's shot
who has shot this scene
before so it's a really really nice
little place so it should work out to be
a nice little shot even though like I
said it's right in the middle of the day
so I am at the highest point of
Hadrian's Wall and I'm stood on the wall
itself and I've got those 360 degree
views all the way around being very
careful to not fall off this wall
great day of landscape photography as
always even though the weather has
turned against me a little bit it's
still been a really great day I'm gonna
get back down there is some real good
interest just down here I'm hoping to
get a nice shot of a little tarn down on
the bottom that has a cliff got on the
sides i'm going to try and get that
hopefully the weather will come good for
me and just get a little bit of light
down on that water down on the rocks to
really give that image some interest so
let's get down there now
So this is a composition I was talking
about when I was at the top and it's of
this body of water here and those cliffs to
the side. I just need this light that's
starting to come good here to come
across and just cast some rays down on
that water and that will increase the
quality of the image by a massive amount
it isn't exactly the composition I would
have wanted I would have liked to have
got a bit closer to the water but that's
not been possible because I'm a 70mm
to get me closer to that
water and then I've got the cliffs kind
of leading me into the image with some
of the fields and the sheep in the
foreground that's not particularly
leading you in but it does sort of add
another layer to the image. I'm at F/8
because I don't have anything close to
the lens I can maximize the sharpness
ISO 100 and then the shutter speed
just to get the exposure right. I'm
just need to wait a little bit be a
little bit patient and just hope that
this light comes good as we get closer
to the end of the day the cloud has
started to break which is a really good
thing I was starting to get a bit
worried that wasn't going to get any
color in the sky towards the end of the
day and I know I keep saying colour in the
sky but it is one of the big things that
can really bring some quality to your
image and this image here is definitely
one of those images
right what I'm going to do is do a time
lapse and I think I'm happy enough win
this competition that I'm gonna stay
here until sunset, because the sky is
starting to come good. The Sun's gonna come
down behind the hills in the distance
and put some about yellow light on to
that cliff face I just think it's gonna
work really really nicely I'm happy
enough with the composition it's not
perfect but if I get some color it
really I just really is gonna make that
shot so I just think it's worth waiting for.
Right I've changed my mind a little
bit I think I've had the best of it here
so I've got the time lapse there was the
light threatened a few times I've got
some nice live streaks coming through on
to the water there but I'm going to
start heading back towards the car
because what I've decided is if the Sun
does come good i would like to actually
get Hadrian's Wall in the shot because
that's the story I want to tell for
today and this composition at the
moment doesn't have the wall in. So I'm
gonna start walking because I did pick
up a little composition earlier on and I
think if the Sun and the colour in the
sky comes good that'll be a really nice
shot too so im gonna head now to that
location for sunset
Right the ligth is changing all the time
now and as the light changes, my composition
changes as well because there's so many different
options that be working up around
area and it all depends of light I had
one shot down here, let me show you that
just down here and it was nice when the
Sun wasn't quite out so it's a
competition that kind of incorporates
this old fort here and the wall here
then when the Sun comes up that isn't
getting lit up by that golden light and
this Hill here is kind of going into
silhouette which doesn't quite work for
the image so then I moved back up the
hill here to try and get some of the
wall here there's a little bit of an old
building here as well.....and it's just
absolutely frantic..... Look, bag there
camera on the tripod up there. Absolutely
frantic. Great fun though
Right after that frantic couple of
minutes of the lights changing I'm not
sure if I got something or not we'll have
to see that I was running around chasing
that Sun pretty much but I've come back
to this composition because I think this
is probably my favorite when the light
is not there which isn't for the moment
so this old Roman fort and camera there
and then you have hadrian's wall itself
here and working all those looking into
the compesition with the wall leading
you in one side and then this path kind
of leading you in at the other it should
be an okay shot if I get some color in
the sky which I don't have very much at
the moment but it is starting to come
and like I said it's very changeable so
anything could happen at this point I've
gone for F/11 and bracketing because i
don't use ND filters I'm bracketing to
get that big dynamic range out of the
image I'm at ISO 100 and varying shutter
speeds for the exposure and the
bracketing so it's the kind of shot that
really needs some color though I've
talked about color all day this place it
is an incredible place but there's so
many compositions but it's just a sort
of place where moody shots don't really
work with all this man made brickwork and
wall it just comes to life when it gets
that beautiful golden sunlight on it and
that's what I want from the shop today
at least have some color in the sky it's
been another great day of landscape
photography I've worked really hard
today I've been up and down capturing
shots here and there I've got some good
time lapses in there I'm really hoping
this last shot comes together with some
colour in the sky but if I go away
without getting the perfect shot then
I'm still gonna be happy I've still got
some good shots in the can so it's not
a total bust today I've had a great day
getting out and about again and
Hadrian's Wall is a stunning place well
worth a visit. Please leave a comment
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Photography....at Hadrian's Wall in
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